Objectives: Cardiovascular diseases and risk factors are associated with adverse cardiac events following kidney transplant. Therefore, pre-transplant evaluation of cardiovascular is important for determining the risk. The objective this study to determine prevalence in transplant candidates. Methods: This a single-center observational which includes 174 end-stage renal disease patients (male: ...

Although thyrotoxicosis is not rare, congestive heart failure as the manifestation of thyrotoxicosis is relatively uncommon. Coexistence of congestive heart failure and chylothorax is even rarer in hyperthyroid patients. A 37-year-old male patient had been well until 3 years ago when tachycardia and body weight loss developed and a diagnosis of Graves’ disease was made. Due to an improvement in...

During a period of four years between June, IS, 1988 to June, IS, 1992 one hundred and fourteen patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) were admitted to the pediatric department of Taleghani General Hospital. During the above period, 192 patients with heart disease were hospitalized at this department and CHF was the cause of admission in 59.4% of them. Congenital heart disease (CHO) w...